the only

shadow

that the desert knows

Travel through space and time to collect 5 legendary artifacts. Made for 7drl 2016.

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Download (v1.5):

Forward time travel can now be visually observed while in transit (both locally and globally)
Stair "timefragging" has been fixed
Bug with victory screen not appearing after timefragging has been fixed. Timefragging remains in the game for now (if you think it's too easy, don't use it!)
Support for international keyboards (if you experience a problem, please let me know!
Border added to territory display
More blood! Wider radius on blood, amount is damage based, and blood can now affect background coloring.
Scrolling with keyboard now supported
Hints added, more warnings, and more clarity in general
New book notification that says when individual books were lost
Artifact names are now colored in books
Artifact name stylizing is much better!
Artifacts are no longer exclusively handed down to first born (I think)
All trees are now passable, making navigation easier
Animals wander more during time travel
Timeout on description tooltip
Additional actions now supported with mouse (talking, stairs, waiting)
Full message log added
Effect added to denote character position when changing views
Expanded artifact naming
Numpad options added for rest and wait
Internet Explorer support nominally added (god forbid you actually use it)
Readme added to download

Win screen is dramatically improved; a detailed history is displayed for each artifact
Mouse can be used to attack as well as move
Fixed a bug with one of the numpad keys not being handled
Resizing during runtime is now handled properly
Improved the behavior of the log
Typos fixed
Forward time travel (and game loading) improved by 20%
Fixed incorrect introductory year in log
Fixed a bug with picking up the same artifact repeatedly
Fix a bug with monsters generating in oceans and thus preventing pathfinding
Fixed a bug with bosses getting double speed against player
Copy and paste from books is now supported

Fixed the victory condition. Really sorry for anyone who came across it.
Automatic pathfinding with mouse
Fixed a bug where bosses wouldn't fight while player wasn't in the world
Made it easier to fight old and young NPCs
Fixed a HUGE bug that used the attacker's defense instead of the targets (meaning picking up armor made enemies harder to kill). Woops!
Each artifact now much more powerful
Added marriage and children to hover description
Added note to biographies when artifacts were handed down
Added note to biographies to give a clue as to where adventures led
Caves are now named
New unique book: Compendium of Cave Creatures
Fixed a bug where artifacts were handed down to dead children
Fixed bug where walls could be built under artifacts and the town would crowd around them for eternity
Made peace times longer
Fixed several bugs with books. Biographies now expire more sensibly

Monsters now follow the player across screens and climb stairs.
Cities now have buildings, which NPCs build over time
Getting artifacts restores health now and each artifact is more powerful than the last
Enemies have a smaller line of sight which is triggered randomly
Fixed bug which allowed marriages to the dead
Fixed bug with the History of War books not generating
Added one unique book type: Legend of the Four Races
Listing war status on HUD
Snow!
Rest button
Fixed LOTS of bugs regarding enemy movement, RNG, and time travel
Xenotime is much easier to get
Added some extra log messages
NPCs now occasionally pick up items near them
Added a seed/name option
Added help menu
Fix hovering and added toggle to maps
Races now have territory bonuses (not related to gameplay directly), but it's very subtle
Island tiles fixed